Tall in the Saddle

New Exploits #4

by Barbara Johnson, Karin Kallmaker, Therese Szymanski

The playful quartet that penned the acclaimed 'Once Upon A Dyke' & 'Stake Through The Heart' are back & are now turning to the Wild West to bring you a collection of erotically charged, action-packed tales - this time taking on cowboys, school marms, salesmen, saloon girls, preachers & bank robbers.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Lesbian, Fiction, Gay

316 pages, Paperback

First published November 19, 2007

About the author

Librarian note: There are other authors with the same name

Barbara Johnson lives in a Maryland suburb with her partner of more than three decades, Kathleen DeBold, plus felines.

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

All four of the stories included in this collection were incredibly imaginative and enjoyable.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall an enjoyable book of four stories.
I'd say about average for current lesbian books.
I didn't particularly enjoy the first story by Therese Szymanski, as I felt it was too disjointed jumping between the past and present, but I did enjoy the other three.
Desert Spring by Barbara Johnson is sweet and romantic, even if it did seem to suddenly move forward too quickly in a couple of places.
Cowboys and Kisses by Karin Kallmaker is well written and entertaining, but I found it too sad and depressing. Especially the ending which I skimmed through because it made me very uncomfortable, and I didn't like it at all
The last story was my favourite - The Sweetheart and the Spitfire by Julia Watts. I found it to be amusing, sweet, and fun. Rather than being set in the old west it takes place in the present with an interview of an actress who starred in old B movie westerns.
I loved the behind the scenes look at movie 'stars' when they're gay. Particularly the allusion to real people through some cameo characters. I wished the story was longer.

[Marielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

First three stories were good reads, but couldn't get through the last (The Sweetheart and the Spitfire). I personally think Johnson's Desert Spring was best. Kallmaker's Cowboys & Kisses starts off good, but the ending feels rushed.

[Dom · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was mighty fun to read on the plane. Some of the stories are very alluring.